Development Analyst

A leading real estate manager and developer with a national portfolio across industrial, logistics, business park and office assets is looking for a Development Analyst to join a small, high performing development finance team.

About the role

Working alongside the development managers to support them with feasibility management, supporting feasibility analysis and reporting across the development pipeline

• Manage cash flow modelling and scenario analysis, stepping in when models get complex
• Build and enhance Excel financial models and reporting tools
• Analyse potential developments, expansions and divestments
• Bring AI assisted tools into feasibility modelling and reporting to cut manual work
• Partner closely with development managers, finance and senior leadership, and push back on assumptions when the numbers do not stack up

About you
Essential

• Development analyst experience in property or real estate
• Advanced Excel skills, comfortable building models from scratch
• Confident communicator who can explain the numbers and hold their ground
• Strong financial aptitude and commercial acumen

Desirable

• Degree in Property Economics or Finance
• Yardi experience, or comparable systems such as MRI, Cougar or ARGUS ideal but not essential
• Excellent with Excel
• A strong understanding of development and the assumptions

What is on offer

• Direct exposure to senior development leadership in a nimble, collaborative team
• A genuine national pipeline of major industrial and logistics projects
• A clear springboard into development management, investment management, finance or capital transactions
• Melbourne based, minimum 3 days a week in office

For a confidential discussion, contact [email protected].  Please note that due to a high number of applications only candidates with the relevant experience may be contacted.